The five adults had all been having a good time with each other listening to the antics of the Williams family including a story about Danny handcuffing Matt to a monkey's cage at the zoo. Grace and Harry had long fallen asleep leaving the adults to it but after the monkey story Danny told Steve that he had seen the two guys at the bar hanging around his brother's room earlier in the day and after making them for feds and watching them leave they decided that it was best to introduce themselves and clear up any confusion about why they may be here. Turns out Matt was being investigated by the FBI and SEC for defrauding his investors out of millions of dollars. Danny wasn't exactly taking the news well.
"Listen to me I know my kid brother, okay he's a lot of things but he is not a criminal." He stated.
"Okay maybe he was set up?" Steve suggested, there as no way in hell that Danny was going to drop this and let the feds handle this, he was going to find out what this whole thing was about and get to the truth.
"Yeah maybe… listen to me I'm going to tell you something about my brother, when Rachel and I split up, I took a room in a motel down the block because I wanted to be close to Grace, this two star dump. My brother, every single night would come with a six pack of beer and all the time world and not once did I catch him looking at his watch. He just sat there talking to me, fell asleep sitting up in a chair, wake up and go straight to work. For six months, everyday for sixth months he talked me down the ledge. I am telling you I would not have gotten through that if it wasn't for him. He wouldn't do this."
"Danny we should really get Emma in on this, she could help." Steve began.
"No way that is happening my sister is not getting involved in this at all, so whatever idea you have in your head get rid of it because it's not going to happen." Danny said flat out refusing Steve's idea.
"She's a lawyer Danny she can help figure something out and if not she probably knows some good tax attorney's."
Danny shook his head, he was adamant that his sister was not to be involved with any of this in the slightest. "Steve… Emma finds out what is going on with Matt I promise you it will destroy her. When George died and Emma was a complete wreck crying for days on end, he'd sit there with her, because didn't want her to be alone. When she went to the air hanger to meet his body after it had been flown home he was there with her holding her hand, giving her the strength she needed because she was falling apart. We cannot tell her about this, these last couple of years have been rough on her with losing George and Olly, now she's in this good place and I don't want to ruin that. I will figure out something that does not involving her but you have to promise that you will not tell her."
"Danny I won't say anything to her but if she asks me I'm not going to lie." Steve said with a sigh, although he thought Emma should be involved Danny did make a good point about her and the last thing Steve wanted to hurt her. "So maybe you should talk to your brother…"
"Yeah maybe, I just don't think that this is a one time conversation." Danny said as the stress of this was all too apparent on his face as he repeatedly turned over the card the feds gave him.
"Hey that's fine, you talk to him and all the time you need, family's first right?" Steve stated patting Danny on the shoulder and Danny slowly nodded his head and the two of them returned to the table where Rachel, Emma and Matt were all talking.
"Everything okay? The two of you were gone quite a while" Emma asked when Steve and Danny returned.
"Yeah, it's fine." Steve lied although he really didn't want to lie to Emma but Danny made him swear to secrecy and the more Steve thought about it, he realized that Danny was right. Emma was getting her life back together and telling about this thing with Matt whether it was true or not could have damaging consequences.
Emma smiled. "I was just saying to Matt that I'm glad he's here Harry really misses him and having both him and Danny here had made him the happiest I've seen him since we've moved to Hawaii. He's missed having them both around and so have I."
"Well you know that your always welcome back to New York anytime which reminds me, mom called me earlier wanting me to pressure you into coming home for a visit." Matt said as he gently prodded his sister.
"I've already booked the flight for May so she can rest easy now, her and dad will have a whole four days with Harry." Emma said.
"He looks so much like dad and George but without a doubt that boy is your son through and through." Matt noted before turning to Danny. "Don't you think?"
"Yeah." Danny murmured.
"And that terrifies me given what we were like as kids and teenagers, Harry is going to give the two of you a run for your money, I can just tell." Emma said laughing quietly as she proceeded to get up and put Harry into a more comfortable position so she could carry him. "And on that note I think it's time for me to head out… the little one should be in his bed and I have court in the morning."
"I think Grace and I call it a night as well." Rachel said and Danny stood up and went over and picked Grace up.
"Probably best we all call it a night." Danny said, his eyes purposely avoiding both Emma and Matt's. The group all said their goodbye's and Matt returned to his hotel room whilst the others began to make their way out of the hotel towards the front of the hotel to where the valet's were.
"Here let me take Oz." Steve said to Emma, motioning for her to pass him her sleeping son and as Emma opened her mouth to argue Steve used that moment to take the sleeping child. "
"Thank you." Emma stated as they waited and the four of them shortly split up as Rachel's car came first and so she and Grace quickly left. "Are you two okay? You both have been really quiet since you came back from wherever it was you disappeared to."
"We're fine Em, it's just been a really long day that's all." Danny assured her but the look Steve saw Emma give him said that she didn't believe him in the slightest. She knew that they were lying but they didn't know they were doing it to protect her.
"Danny you don't too good, I think you should stay over at mine tonight." Emma stated
"Em I love you for worrying but I'm fine, I just need to go home and get some sleep." Danny told her as the valet appeared with her car and Steve helped her put Harry into his car seat and then him and Danny watched as she drove away.
"I hate lying to her." Danny admitted a few minutes later as the two of them had yet to say anything.
"So do I Danno but we're doing it to protect her." Steve wearily replied, he didn't like this any better than Danny but Emma was in a good place and happy, she deserved to be happy after everything she had gone through and the last thing Steve wanted to see was that smile of hers to be disappear and be replaced with tears.
